St. Louis Blues
In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin’ with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus and dancers.
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Director: Dudley Murphy
Actors: Alec Lovejoy, Bessie Smith, Hall Johnson, Isabel Washington, James P. Johnson, Jimmy Mordecai, Thomas Morris
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